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  1. Well, you can't say that was a surprise. Is your 10yo scheduled for a colonoscopy or what? Damn man...

    Wife read some idiotic shit on the internet that made her believe that constipation is a chronic downward spiral condition that if it isn’t aggressively treated immediately will result in the kid having a fucked up colon and being addicted to laxatives their whole life.

    This event could be cross-posted in the stupid shit wives do thread.
  2. @Prepuce of Doom The 10yo crapped her pants yesterday after the wife loaded her up with 3 days straight of miralax, so afterwards maybe the 13yo was making a statement of solidarity that I under appreciated…

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  3. It could be manufacturing issues (shitty tolerances)


    from a Ukrainian armor chop shop about 6 months ago:

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    One scenario I’m imagining for this to occur is that when the barrel was drilled, the bit wandered, so the bore of the barrel actually curves as it goes from breach to muzzle. Fucking yikes. Definitely going to be a wear problem.
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  4. But a lot of that lack of political will is composed of something other than wanting the Russians to win.


    Ive had to step back from the war for a little while so I’m not as dialed in on the F-16 issue currently. What is the lack of political will based on if it’s not actively wanting Putin to win or pure isolationism/not wanting to allocate the resources? I guess I could see door number three as being bad press if some get shot down, but there’s an equally plausible chance at this point that the Ukrainians use them to good effect, like they have with everything else we’ve sent them. And yeah some will get shot down, it’s war. Patriot batteries haven’t had this much press since 1991. It’s like a reunion tour.
  5. While it is only a rough comparison, Bakhmut does somewhat compare to a battle with which we are all familiar: the Alamo. 


    Keeping the Russians in Bakhmut also is buying the Ukrainians a lot of invaluable time to train, equip, supply, organize, etc.; somewhat like Travis did for Houston.

    I’m sure the Ukrainians wish more material would get there faster so they could get more troops trained up on it, but at some point you’re just going to have to go and rely on the late arriving gear (Abrams, F16s, etc.) to be your reinforcements/second wave. My gut feels they need to go in May/early June.
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  6. I’m sure this has already been posted but Prigozhin basically lays out the entire Russian political and military systemic issue here like he’s quoting One Soldier’s War, and there are some great translations:




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    Joint Chiefs of Stuff should be a reggae band.

    He cracks off a bunch of one liners like the second one (colon just makes it better) likes he’s been taking pages from Girkin.

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  7. You’re talking distance.  I’m talking about the refrain we use of “ it’s the size of San Marcos” “66th biggest” etc. 

    I mean, taking Houston is going to require about an order of magnitude more troops/coordination that taking San Marcos. Big Cities are hard to subdue unless you incinerate them. The funniest part is that Bakmut isn’t big, AND the Russians have shelled it to smoldering ruins, and they still can’t fucking take it. I mean WTF.

    The thought experiment I’m thinking about is: if you had transported 1-2 Corps of the 1812 Napoleonic Grande Armee to the Russian side 6-9 months ago, I feel like they might have accomplished more than the Russians have.
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  8. Back on topic:
    I need to invest in left-handed rifles and shotguns for my boys, both of whom are left-handed. Anybody on here left-handed who can share some accumulated wisdom on what works for you? I need a small-bore rifle for small game, deer rifle, and some sort of shotgun. 

    Tikka T3 in stainless steel for deer rifle and maybe T3 in a light chambering or T1 (rimfire)for small game. They are great actions, and can be upgraded when they’re older if they want (prefit aftermarket barrels, stocks, chassis, etc.). I follow hunting rifle trends and the Tikka T3 is basically displacing the Remington 700 as the “high quality bolt action that shoots great out of the box, and can be easily modified/customized easily later if so desired”.

    A vintage Remington 1100 or 870 in left hand used to be a great shotgun option, but the used market on them has gone up a bunch (like over $1k) since Remington has been screwing around / going bankrupt and people are snatching up / investing in the good older guns.
  9. My elk hunting partner came up to my folks place this weekend and we put a good stalk / calling session in on this Tom today. Also chrono’ed his elk rifle and did some long range shooting (for us) 450-650 yds. We were both rusty so it was good to get the practice in. The accuracy was ok but it was physically taxing (different muscles, etc). This bird had some nice spurs.

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  10. My son has just begun using Huntin Fool.  I’ll be interested in your follow-up posts.  He’s young so he’s decided to go all in for the long game on tags with the goal to hit some of those 20 year waits.
    I’m hopeful things work well for both of you! 
     

    Good for him! It’s hard to predict what will happen with point creep, state laws, hunting demand, etc.; but the only way to have a chance at a tag is to get in the game.

    As an update on my personal situation, I was just notified by Colorado I was unsuccessful in my bighorn sheep application and was granted a preference point in exchange for $110. Now only 19 years to go!

    Randy Newberg (a CPA in his professional life) has a good YouTube segment where he goes into a full elk tag application strategy for guys with short term and long term states, etc. that would be a good watch for your son (if elk is a priority for him):

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